Top 10 Climate Startup Investors in Tanzania (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics | $1.4M–$136M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $900k–$20M |
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J-POWER
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Tanzania, United States | Corporate Round, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology | $2M–$29M |
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Tanzania | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology | $452k–$184M |
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SICTIC
VC Fund
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1 | Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $264k–$3.7M |
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British International Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $6.8M–$100M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$51M |
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Whole Foods Market Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Senegal, United Kingdom | Grant, Debt Financing | Non Profit, Education, Agriculture | $50k–$570k |
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NEC Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Israel | Series B, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $1.2M–$209M |
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GMC coLABS
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Tanzania | Seed, Pre-Seed | B2B, Mobile, Consumer | |
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Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$50M; Series B $1.6M–$58M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$136M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
- Hagihara Industries — Hagihara Industries is engaged in the production and sale of industrial machinery. They manufacture machinery and equipment for converting, highly-functional film, synthetic fiber, fiber and yarn, and plastic industries.
- Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $900k–$14M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $2.8M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $326M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Mujin — At Mujin, we design automation platforms to enhance any robot, enable advanced capabilities and lower operating costs.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Tanzania, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series A $2.9M–$7.7M; Series B $7M–$29M; Corporate Round $2M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morgenrot — Morgenrot provides Earth-friendly, high-power distributed cloud computing solutions worldwide. GPU/CPU servers, Render Pool
- Active Surfaces — Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology.
- Japan GX Group — Shibuya Blend Green Energy platform analyzes company processes and resources, recommends and plans improvement initiatives, and addresses corporate ESG challenges, assisting companies in balancing business and environmental protection.
NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$142M; Series B $452k–$184M; Venture - Series Unknown $543k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- GITAI — GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
- Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
- Idea Record — Idea Records provided various business support solutions since its founding as a company promoting digital transformation in the restaurant industry. Among them, the SaaS platform GATE, released in 2018, has many functions that are particularly suited to the needs of restaurants, and is being introduced in many stores.
SICTIC is the leading angel investor network in Switzerland with the largest Swiss seed-stage startup dealflow.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 299
- Round size: Seed $504k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $264k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
- Carewell — Carewell is influencing the way people work in healthcare by providing flexible digital solutions tailored to their specific needs.
- Ionic Wind Technologies — Ionic wind technologies, which use an internationally patented concept, alter the way airflow is generated. Instead of conventional rotating machinery, we move air with electric fields.
British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 418
- Round size: Series B $13M–$70M; Debt Financing $6.8M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- Mettle.net — Mettle was established in 1995 as a specialist financial services company and has, since its inception become recognised for innovation in the creation of specialised financial solutions.With clients ranging from international corporates to small and medium enterprises and individuals, clients experience a different kind of insight from Mettle.This level of vision and considered intuition can also be found in Mettle’s investments.
- SunCulture — At SunCulture, we strive to solve the biggest daily challenges of smallholder farmers. We use off-grid solar technology to provide our customers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, and we can do all of that with a single system.
- Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 652
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$51M; Series B $2.3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
- Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
Discover how Whole Foods Market Foundation supports global and local communities through nutrition, food access, and poverty alleviation initiatives. Join us in making a difference.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Education, Agriculture
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
- Geography: United States, Senegal, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Grant $50k–$570k; Debt Financing $67k–$449k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- School Food Matters — School Food Matters teach children about food and improve their access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. The company provides fully-funded food education programs to schools, such as cooking, growing, farm visits, and more. Delivering these programs informs and strengthens the organizations' campaigns, bringing thevoices of children, parents, and teachers to government policy. School Food Matters was founded in 2007 and is based in London.
- Sustainable Food Center — 501(c)(3) Sustainable Food Center transforms the food system to nourish our health, land, and livelihood.
- Agricultural Institute of Marin — Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational non-profit organization. They support local farmers, strengthen local economies, increase food access, and improve public health.
NEC is driving AX (AI Transformation) throughout society and industry. With cutting-edge technologies such as AI and cybersecurity, we are realizing our purpose of promoting a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$209M; Series B $10M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
- Sakana AI — We are creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
Investment focus
- Industry: B2B, Mobile, Consumer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
- WomenChoice Industries — WomenChoice Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of low-cost, affordable, reusable sanitary towels.
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